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Asymptotically periodic piecewise contractions of the interval

Dynamical Systems 2015-06-17 v1

Abstract

We consider the iterates of a generic injective piecewise contraction of the interval defined by a finite family of contractions. Let ϕi:[0,1](0,1)\phi_i:[0,1]\to (0,1), 1in1\le i\le n, be C2C^2-diffeomorphisms with supx(0,1)Dϕi(x)<1\sup_{x\in (0,1)} \vert D\phi_i(x)\vert<1 whose images ϕ1([0,1]),,ϕn([0,1])\phi_1([0,1]), \ldots, \phi_n([0,1]) are pairwise disjoint. Let 0<x1<<xn1<10<x_1<\cdots<x_{n-1}<1 and let I1,,InI_1,\ldots, I_n be a partition of the interval [0,1)[0,1) into subintervals IiI_i having interior (xi1,xi)(x_{i-1},x_i), where x0=0x_0=0 and xn=1x_n=1. Let fx1,,xn1f_{x_1,\ldots,x_{n-1}} be the map given by xϕi(x)x\mapsto \phi_i(x) if xIix\in I_i, for 1in1\le i\le n. Among other results we prove that for Lebesgue almost every (x1,,xn1)(x_1,\ldots,x_{n-1}), the piecewise contraction fx1,,xn1f_{x_1,\ldots,x_{n-1}} is asymptotically periodic.

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@article{arxiv.1310.5784,
  title  = {Asymptotically periodic piecewise contractions of the interval},
  author = {Arnaldo Nogueira and Benito Pires and Rafael A. Rosales},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.5784},
  year   = {2015}
}

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